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Fans of swing music and jitterbug dancing favored this suit, a long coat with wide shoulders and billowing
pants pegged at the ankles. dark suit.
Immigrants, students and African-American minstrels figure in this history.
Peiss also suggests that the zoot suit might have simply been the logical eAmericans in Los Angeles during a
period of growing ethnic and racial tension. During five days of riots that June,
more than 110 civilians and servicemen were injured.
ndpoint of 1930s casual male dress.
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